Chinese medicine believes that the internal organs of the human body have corresponding acupoints on the feet. Foot is the starting point of Yin San Meridian of Foot and the end point of Sanyang Meridian of Foot. There are more than 60 acupoints below ankle joint. If you often wash your feet with warm water, you can stimulate the acupoints of your feet, enhance blood circulation, adjust the viscera and dredge the meridians, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening your body and eliminating diseases and pathogens.
The history of foot bath is thousands of years, and the earliest literature record is "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" in Jin Dynasty, which has a history of more than 1000 years. Soaking feet is the key to health preservation, which can remove human blood waste and pathological deposits, clean the human body and resist various diseases. Soaking feet has a good auxiliary effect on the treatment of many diseases. When soaking feet, adding some old fragrance to hot water can promote blood circulation and relieve foot problems. It is often said that "the rich take tonic, while the poor soak their feet". It can be seen that soaking feet plays a great role.
When we soak our feet in hot water, we will find that the blood vessels on our feet will expand and the epidermis of our feet will turn red. This is because when we soak our feet with hot water, it will accelerate the blood circulation of the feet, make more blood flow to the peripheral blood vessels of the lower limbs, and make the blood flow of the brain relatively decrease, thus making people feel sleepy. At the same time, because countless nerve endings on the soles of the feet are closely connected with the brain, the warm stimulation of hot water on the nerve endings on the feet can inhibit the cerebral cortex and make people feel comfortable and relaxed in the brain, thus speeding up sleep and deepening sleep.
As far as the usual foot bath is concerned: First, adjust the temperature of the foot bath water. Generally speaking, the temperature of foot bath water is 38~43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees. Second, choose a suitable foot bath container. Since it is a foot bath, it is necessary to embody the word "bubble". "Bubble" here means more water, enough heat and a long time. You can't take a basin and put some water in it. That won't help you stay healthy. At most, I wash my feet, not soak them.
Requirements for foot bath container: 1. The texture should be harmless, safe and have good heat insulation performance. 2, the height of the foot bath is generally more than 20 cm [not more than the ankle]. 3, the structure can buy some microcomputer foot baths. The right choice is to buy a deep wooden barrel that can put the whole calf in. Why choose wooden barrels? First, it is easier to keep warm, and second, it is close to nature.
Third, choose heating equipment. This kind of foot bath bucket sold in the market has no heating equipment, so when we soak our feet, sometimes we feel that the water is cold. To heat the water, we can prepare more hot water bottles and fill them with hot water before soaking our feet.
Fourth, how to confirm the foot soaking effect. Why did you get your feet wet? It is good to soak in your back and feel a little damp, or sweat on your forehead. Be careful not to sweat. Because sweat is the liquid of the heart. Sweating too much will make you sad. As long as you sweat a little, you will be fine, which means that your meridians are connected from top to bottom. This is also a way to prove whether your meridians are open or not.
But if you think of some effects, you can add some herbs to the water. For example, soaking feet with ginger can treat colds and rheumatism, reduce cold hands and feet, improve sleep, protect kidneys and delay aging. Soaking feet with mugwort leaves can effectively dispel deficiency fire and cold fire, and can treat diseases related to deficiency fire and cold fire, such as portal ulcer, sore throat, periodontitis, gingivitis and otitis media. However, mugwort leaves can't often soak feet, because mugwort leaves can lead to deficiency fire and cold fire, which will lead to deficiency of both qi and blood in the head and face and insufficient blood supply, but will cause dizziness, headache and emotional changes. For patients with severe cold and dampness, you can soak your feet with mugwort once a week. While soaking mugwort leaves, you can drink a cup of ginger and jujube water to drive away cold without diarrhea. Mastering the time of soaking feet can also maximize the effect of soaking feet! If you want to protect your kidneys, you'd better choose to soak your feet around 9 pm, and the effect is the best. The reason why this time period is chosen to tonify the kidney is because it is the time when the kidney meridian is weak in qi and blood. At this time, after soaking feet to increase body heat, blood vessels in the body will expand, which is conducive to promoting blood circulation, thus promoting blood circulation in the body. Soaking feet with hot water can not only tonify kidney and clear liver, but also improve sleep quality. If you do foot massage for a few minutes after soaking your feet, it will better promote the blood circulation of the body and further regulate the viscera and organs. After soaking your feet, I suggest you stop doing other activities and fall asleep every few minutes, which is better for tonifying the kidney. When soaking feet, the water temperature should not be too hot, about 40 is appropriate, and the soaking time should not be too long, about half an hour. Because metal is easy to cool, it is best to use a wooden basin to soak your feet. You can put some salvia miltiorrhiza and angelica sinensis that promote blood circulation, or put some forsythia, honeysuckle, isatis root and chrysanthemum to reduce fire and clear heat.
Soak your feet in spring and the sun rises and takes off; Soaking feet in summer can clear away heat and damp; Soak your feet in autumn, moisten your lungs and intestines; Soak your feet in winter and your abdomen is warm.
I wish you all good health!